Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-14
PACIFIC COAST.



mere Dynnmfse 0ufrnzes-
sAn FnAscrsc5, Jan I3.-kssidents
an Poat street bsfwesn L1Fhin and Polk
were startled bet=eeu ! and 8 o'clock
this evening b. the s0nDd Of tfo-
msudous Explosion. and b. the shetteF-
inc 81 QlaaH aboat their cara A dyna-
mite oartrldge had been placed Oh the
track Of the Larkin street bfanch line Of
me gutter stress oasle road, and BAD ex-
psodsd under duuny No. -. The
dummy wnn oompietely Wrecked. ana
tRs windows Of tbs car and Of the HOUSES
IN the vieinify we're demolished. Mr..
Hilderbrandt, hfs wife and brother. we're
sitting on ths denny on the side where
the explosion took place. They were
ali thrown into the street. Mrs. Hildef-
brnndt IL YES feared vas seFiossiy IN
iuKed. she was taken into q usi0hb0F.
inc house and nasdloai assisianae Sues
moned. Later Ia the eyenina al7e waa
conveyed 20 her ewn home. II vas 9
miracle that there y re- no others IN
jared, - several persous we're 90 tne
danny.
People in the vicinity rushed 10 ths
scene Of the disaster, and soon large
crowd conareaatsd. Ofhces Ccnb0y
who was on duty. describing his aensa-
tions, said tha: she explosion had the
eject Of momentarily stunniug hiIn,
aud Il was fally half en- hour before be
recovered hts bearing. Exoitsmenl
caused By this explosion vas intensified
when u became known that auetnef
explosion had taken place on the
Suffer street cable road nesl
Dnp0nt street about o'clock. This ex
piosion, which IA supposed 10 havs eeeE
. giant powder cartridge, vas caused b
the dummg wheels running oysF e. Tn
danny vas disabled and had 20 b
taken 10 the ear house for repairs. j
was quickly replaced By new 0oe, ane
| the road continued to operate its car
as Usual during the remainder OF %
niQht. No enc Was iniured by the lat
ter explosion, - the cnarRe 10 tue ear
fridge was evidently small. Tue 40
theFities are entirely AZ q loss - to th
authors of these outraQsa, and have q
yes obtained not the slightest clue to th
perpetrators Of these frequent attempts
at che destruction Of life aud property
on the GeaFy and suffer street cabl
roads.
The cable vas stranded by the oxplo
sion on Post street, but the damage We
quickly repaired and the cars resume
running. The men who we're on ID
dummy we're bruised, bat none OF theE
seriously hurt. Two men have bee
arrested on suspicion Of being engage
In the outrage. Their names cannot D
asoertAined. Lister In the evening a
unexploded dynamite cartridge va
found near Scott street, on tbs Gsar
street road. Ire cartridge bad ev
IDENTIFY been placed on the track, bu
bad rolled of. Az this hosF- midnigh
Chief Crowley and other polio
authorities are celebrating ~ to wha
means 10 take 10 detect aud briag th
culprits 10 justice, and 10 gutrd m0F
carefully against any overt acts 10 %
future.
Dynamite Bomb Fsaad.
II The police authorities report fndin
a dynamite bomb In one Of tbs sewer
The supposition IL that the bomb vi
prepared for use by the striking "a
men, bat, fearing detection. they Ia
thrown it down the sewer. There
nothing. however, TO warrant such q
assertion.
went to the south Pacific.
IAN EAAAlAHA0t uHu 40 DY AEhANi
today Of the bark City Of Papete, IL
learned that Chaflss W. Banks, oashie
OF Wells, Fargo i Co., who sbscoDde
November LIST With $4,000. went 20 II
hiti In 9 vessel. The captaiH said B
vas unaware that be had default'
among his passengers.
shipping Intclligence
PoRT TOWNSEND, jan. 13.-AFsived.
Bark Memnsn. Captain NordberR.
PoRr BLAKELx, Jan. 13.-Sailed-
Ship ropgAll4nt. for San Francisco.
PoRr ANoKLEs, Jan. l3.-Bark Gov
liiz. 10 tow OF tue tug fyee, passed on
ward. A skip. IN TOW Of the tug MoRu
arrived In the haFboF today. The Co
eminent line il down. and ne EepO
has bean received from the lower Ssrai
today.
SAu FRANofsoo. Jan. IS Arrived.
Steamer Queen ef The Paciac. froi
Portland. Saiied-Steameg WAlla w .
Ia, for Seattle; steamer Oolumbis, Il
. Portland.
To Rain Teday.
II San FRANcrsco. Jan. Naturalization
/ for the next 81 hours in Oregon AZ
Washipgton Territory, rain.
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